Browsing Working Papers (Brac Institute of Governance and Development) by Author "Abdallah, Wahid"

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    • Does public service delivery influence tax evasion? Evidence from municipality tax in Bangladesh 

      Abdallah, Wahid; Ashraf, Zeeshan (BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), 2018-11)
      This paper examines the role of access to public services on tax evasion. Establishing such a link directly (for both the citizens and researchers at the micro-level) is difficult because the tax collecting authority (Finance) ...

    • The Economics of system loss 

      Abdallah, Wahid; Wolff, Hendrik (BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), 2016-06)
      This paper deals with the problem of electricity theft. In developing countries, individuals and firms illegally underpay their electricity bills in various ways. This results in large amounts of unbilled electricity, and ...

    • Electronic public procurement in Bangladesh: Bangladesh priorities 

      Abdallah, Wahid (BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), 2016)
      An efficient public procurement system in a country is essential for effectual public investment and economic growth. However, in developing countries like Bangladesh, public procurement is plagued with various inefficient ...

    • Factors influencing the performance of a public private partnership in the digital services sector 

      Abdallah, Wahid; Khan, M. Wasiqur Rahman; Prabhu, Jaideep (https://bigd.bracu.ac.bd/publications/factors-influencing-the-performance-of-a-public-private-partnership-in-the-digital-services-sector/, 2015-11)
      The paper empirically investigates the performance of a Public-Private-Partnership initiative to spread public digital services in Bangladesh. The government established digital centres, run by two-member private entrepreneurial ...